2021 VA Governors race

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^^^sorry, that should say no platform in 2020.

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McAuliffe fundraising in Martha's Vineyard even though Covid has spiked following Obama's birthday party.

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe held a swanky fundraiser on Martha's Vineyard as the liberal vacation hotspot struggled to battle a spike in coronavirus cases that follows former president Barack Obama's birthday party.

McAuliffe charged attendees thousands of dollars to attend the Wednesday event, which he held at Sen. Mark Warner's (D., Va.) $7 million island mansion, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by New York Times reporter Ken Vogel. While donors enjoyed "cocktails and conversation in support of" McAuliffe, however, local medical professionals rushed to deal with a spike in COVID-19 cases nearly two weeks after Obama held his celebrity-filled soirée on the island. After the former president pledged to "scale back" the party over coronavirus concerns, hundreds of guests, including celebrities John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, and Don Cheadle, flocked to the island to attend.

Cases in the island's surrounding county have increased 179 percent since Obama's "sophisticated" guests began to arrive for the birthday bash.

The fundraiser marks McAuliffe's latest attempt to nationalize his fundraising efforts as he works to defeat GOP opponent Glenn Youngkin. Last week, the Democratic candidate attended a Las Vegas fundraiser with Nevada governor Steve Sisolak (D.). McAuliffe ditched a candidate forum hosted by a disabilities advocacy group to fly to the event, a decision that drew a swift rebuke from Virginia's disabled community.

Warner purchased his Martha's Vineyard mansion from the late 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace in 2011. The waterfront estate consists of "two dwellings connected by a covered brick veranda and two car garage" and boasts six bedrooms, five bathrooms, a private dock, and private beach, as well as a screen porch that provides "unsurpassed water views to the shores of Cape Cod." Warner's residence is just miles away from Obama's $11.75 million, 29-acre estate.

At the fundraiser, Warner announced his intention to investigate President Joe Biden's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, according to Vogel. Event "hosts" paid $10,000 to attend, while "co-hosts" and "sponsors" paid $5,000 and $2,500, respectively, the invitation shows.

https://freebeacon.com/elections/mcauliffe-holds-marthas-vineyard-fundraiser-as-covid-hits-island-hard/

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Youngkin is tied to trump, the pinnacle of incompetence.

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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is tied to trump, the pinnacle of incompetence.

After this past week and the revelation of Biden's total ineptitude, this is such an ironic statement.

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I have two thoughts on this race.

First, last time it also polled tight for a while but then Northam won very easily.

Second, after the WH flips to Democrats, VA typically goes the other way. Clinton’s victory in 92 was followed by Allen in 93 and Obama’s victory in 2008 was followed by McDonnell in 2009. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the same dynamic play out again with Biden.

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Two rich candidates, maybe it’s harder for McAuliffe this time because he comes across as such a phony - pretending to be for the common man while he hobnobs with the rich and wealthy. Of course Youngkin is even richer but he doesn’t seem so completely inauthentic. Biden’s problems in Afghanistan doesn’t help McAuliffe either; the Democrats were selling competence as their brand and now we’re witnessing a foreign policy debacle the likes of which we never saw when Trump was in office. It’s going to be very tight come November.

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McAuliffe has called for a vaccine mandate by all employers.

Don’t like the vaccine? Fine. You don’t get to work in VA.

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The fact that Trump and his ilk are so extreme that Bill Kristol and I agree on something is pretty shocking.

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Anonymous wrote:

Other recent polls show McAuliffe with only a three-point lead.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Other recent polls show McAuliffe with only a three-point lead.

Those polls aren't as well rated, however.

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https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/glenn-youngkin-releases-plan-for-virginia-governor-race/65-a76f14b8-cb75-47b6-802a-a904f04bed50

so lets' see cutting tons of taxes (loss of revenue?), banning CRT (seriously, that's important?), creating charter schools (ah yes lets undermine public education some more), keeping VA Open (yeah that's working out for TX and FL). I wish they would have a debate.